Ceramic Capacitors

Ceramic Capacitors are in stock with same-day shipping at Mouser from industry leading manufacturers.  Mouser is an authorized distributor for many ceramic capacitor manufacturers including KEMET, KYOCERA AVX, Johanson, Murata, Samsung, TAIYO YUDEN, TDK, YAGEO,Vishay & many more. Please view our selection of ceramic capacitors below.

Ceramic capacitors are passive electronic components that store and release electrical energy using a ceramic dielectric material positioned between conductive electrodes. They provide excellent reliability, low losses, fast response characteristics, and compact form factors, making them one of the most widely used capacitor technologies in modern electronic designs. These components play a critical role in filtering, decoupling, noise suppression, timing, and energy storage functions across a broad range of applications.

Types: The most common ceramic capacitor types include multilayer ceramic capacitors (MLCCs), Class 1 ceramic capacitors, Class 2 ceramic capacitors, high-voltage ceramic capacitors, safety ceramic capacitors, RF ceramic capacitors, surface-mount ceramic capacitors, and through-hole ceramic capacitors, each designed for specific capacitance, stability, voltage, and frequency requirements.

Applications: Ceramic capacitors are widely used in power supplies, industrial automation systems, communication equipment, automotive electronics, consumer devices, medical equipment, embedded computing platforms, RF circuits, and signal conditioning applications for filtering, bypassing, coupling, and noise reduction functions.

Selection requirements: To choose ceramic capacitors, evaluate capacitance value, voltage rating, dielectric classification, tolerance, temperature stability, package size, equivalent series resistance (ESR), operating frequency characteristics, and suitability for the intended electrical and environmental conditions.

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